Practice and Advocacy
AAO-HNS StoreMedicare Resources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Federal agency within U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program, and works with states to administer Medicaid.
- Updates and News: Medicare Transmittals, Medlearn Matters Articles, and CMS' Announcements
- Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Look up: This feature from CMS's website contains reimbursement rates for physicians’ services and procedures.
- National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI): Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiative intended to promote proper coding methods for payment of health insurance claims.
- Mutually Unlikely Edits (MUE): Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established this program to reduce payment errors from Medicare Part B contractors
- Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC): Information on the Implementation of the MACs including regional maps of their jurisdictions, weblinks to their local coverage determinations and their effective dates of coverage
- Useful Documents and Forms: Medicare Provider Enrollment forms, Provider Participation Application forms, Appeal forms, and Advance Beneficiary Notice Forms
- National Provider Identifier (NPI): Resources and updates on NPI
- Practice Management and Health Policy Articles: Guidelines on appealing Medicare denials as well as other pertinent articles on Medicare reimbursement
- Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC): Information on the demonstraton program and Medicare's plans for the final program
- Office of Inspector General Annual Work Plans (OIG): Describes the reimbursement trends and billing practices that the OIG plans to monitor in the upcoming year and our analysis of these initiatives.
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Practice Management Workshops
Workshops held in cities nationwide will help otolaryngologists, their staff, and other healthcare professionals code correctly, learn risk reduction strategies, and organize business systems.
